Feds charge a group of Genen­tech vets with an­oth­er scheme to steal trade se­crets — this time to help a Tai­wanese biotech

A group of 4 ex-Genen­tech staffers led by a long­time prin­ci­pal sci­en­tist at the big biotech was hauled in front of a fed­er­al judge in San Fran­cis­co ear­li­er this week and charged with mul­ti­ple counts of steal­ing trade se­crets for the ben­e­fit of a Tai­wanese biotech com­pa­ny.

Ac­cord­ing to the US at­tor­ney’s of­fice, Xan­the Lam — a se­nior sci­en­tist at Genen­tech from 1986 to last year — “down­loaded, col­lect­ed and trans­ferred” trade se­crets on drugs and the man­age­ment of raw ma­te­ri­als re­lat­ed to Rit­ux­an, Her­ceptin and Avastin to Allen Lam, her hus­band and an­oth­er ex-Genen­tech­er.

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